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PI' 'CIP/\I Ui" CHf: MOUNT 111,[,T,;o1\[ WI':ST,'!':'{J\]\I ACADEMY, fIAUfrVILT,E, Ni:':W IJKUNEtWlC'R. THE PROVIN.CIAL WESLEYAN AL ANACK, 1880: Containing all necessary Astronomical Calculation~; p.. ep~red with ~rQat care for this special ohject; toge~her with a large amount of General Intelligence, Railway, Telegraph and POBt Office Regulations, Religious Statistical Iuformation, with many other matters of PUBLIC AND PROVINCIAL INTEREST, INCLUDING A. HALIFAX BUSINESS CITY DIRECTORY. Prepared expressly for this work; maki-ng it well calcl\latcd for a large circulation as a popular and useful VOLUME II. .iJALIFAX, N. S: PUBLISHED UNDER THE SAN"CTION OF THE EASTERN BRITISH A~lERICAN CONFERENCE. 2 rROVINCIAL WESLEYAN PREFACE. TIIE Publishers of the" Provincial Wesleyan Al.manack" cannot omit the opportunity (in publishing the second yolume) of thanking the public for the very cordial reception givcn to their publication of last year. The most encouraging testimonials have been received from every quarter approving their labors,-a most gratifying proof of which was found in the rapid sale of this Annual last year-the whole edition being exhausted in two months from first· date of issue. A discerning public ,,-ill perceive in evcry page of the present volume the evidences of thought and labor, with a laudable anxiety to secure general approbation. The arrangement of the different departments will be fouud much more complete-a great deal of new matter, not llitherto fOlmd in such a publication, has b.een introduced. Eyery portion has been most carefully revised up to the date of publication. The" Halifax Busiuess Directory" is still continued, with the latest known alterations; while , nothing has been knowingly omitted which coulll secure this annual volume being all that is required for the Merchant, the MariuCl', the Far mer, and the Family. \Ve trust that the size of the volume-the mechanical execntion-the care visible in its varied. departments to render it attractive and useful -will secme for this and succeeding numbers a vcry rapid and exten sive sale. P. S. Information respecting' any errors or onllSSJOllS in any part of the Alulanuek, espc('iaJly in the" Halifax Business Directory," will be very thankfully l'o('ci\'cd at the office uf the Provincial V{,sieyan, 135 I Argyle Street, Halif,lx, N. S. 1__ - I 1860.J AL~IANAC[{. CHRONOLOGICAL ERAS AND CYCLES. CHRONOlOCICAl ERAS. The yom' f860 is the G573rcl of the Juliau period, and the 5620-21st of the Jewi"h Era. The year 1277 of the lVIvhammedan Era, or the Era of the Hegira, beg-ins on the 20th of Jul:--, 1860. The fir~t day of January of the year 1860 is the 2,400,411th day since the commencement of the Julian Period. CHRONOlOCICAl SYMBOLS. Golden Number ........... 18 1 Dominical Letters... .. A G I Epact .................... 7 Roman Indiction ......... 3 Solar Cycle ................ 18 Julian Period ............. 6573 ASTRONOMICAL SYMBOLS. @ The Sun. ~ Pallas. ([ The Moon. Juno. ~ Mercury.. ~ Ceres. ~ Venus. lj. Jupiter. ffi The Earth. h Saturn. Mar". Jil Uranus. ~ Vesta. SiCNS OF THE ZODIAC. Aries, head =:= Libra, reigns Spring cr Autumn Taurus, neck IT[ Scorpio, secrets sign" l:l signs II Gernini, arnlS I Sagittarius, thi. ~ Cancer, hreast ~ Capricornus, kn ~ vVinter Vi' Summer Leo, heart Aquarius, legs sig"us .n signs .... ~ llJI Virgo, bowels ~ H Pisces, feet ABBREVIATIONS. N. North '1J Descending Node o Degrees S. SQuth .Q Ascending Node , Minutes of Arc. E. East h. Hours " Seconds of Arc. W.West Ill. Minutes of Time s. Seconds of Time I}OMMENCEMENT OF THE SEASONS. Spring commences March 20th-Snn enters cr Summer comtlences June 21st-Sun enters ~ .Autumn commences Sept. 23rc1-Sl1n onters =:= Winter commences Deer. 21st-Suu enters Vi' PROVINCIAL WESLEYAN [1860. ECLIPSES. In the year 1860 there will be FOUR Eclipscs,-two of the Sun and two of the Moon. I. An annular Eclipse of the Sun, Jan. 22nd, invisible in Nova Scotia. II. A pOliial Eclipse of the Moon, Feb. 6th, visible at Halifax as follows:- Moon enters Pennmbra. ....•.....•. 7h. 48m. evening. Moon enters Shadow ............. 8 49 " MidUle of Edipse ..............•.. J(} 15 Moou leaves Shadow ............. 11 41 Moon leav~s Penumbra ..........• 12 42 First contaet of Shadow with Moon's limb 79 0 from North Paint towards the East. Last contact of Shadow with Moon's Limb 320 from North Point towards the "-cst. Magnitude of Eclipse-0.812 (Moon's Diameter=l). III. A total Eclipse of the Sun, July 17th. This Eclipse will be visible throughout the whole of North America. Commencing at Hali fax at sh. 35in., and ends at 11h. 25m., A. M. IV. A partial Eclipse of the Moon, August 1st, invisible in Nova Scotia. MORNINC AND EVENINC STARS. Venus will he an Evening Star till the 10th of July, and then a Morning S tar till the end of the year. Mars will be a Morning Sial' the whole year. Jupiter will he :1. Morning Star till July 12th, and then an Evening Star till the end of the year. Saturn will he an Evening Star till August 6th, and then a Morning Star till the end of the yenr. FIXED AND MOVEABLE FEASTS. CireumcislOn ........... Jan. 1 Birth Queen Victoria ..... May 24 Epiphany.............. 6 Ascension Day. .' 17 i5eptuagesima ...........:Fcb. 5 Pentecost... ....•. .. ... • 27 Sexngesima.... ........ 12 'trinity Sunday ..........June -3 Shro\'e Sunuay. 19 . Corpus Christi .......': . 7 Ash 'VedllesullY Lent be9'1/ 22 Accession of Q. Victoria. 20 St. Patrick's Day ....... Mar. 17 St. John, Baptist. 24 Palm SIlIl(Lty ........... April 1 Birth Prince Alhert ...... Au"'. 26 Good Friday........... 6 Birth Prinee of Wales •... No~. 9 i5t. George'! Day....... 23 Advent Sunday ......... Dec. 2 Easter Sunday .......... May 8 St. Andrew's Day....... 30 i Low ~nnday........... 15 Christmas Day. 25 I i -----------~.--------- [1860.] AL~IAN.\CI\. 51 EMBER DAYS. Feb. 29-March.1, 2-Mnv 30--Jllne 1, 2-Srpt. 19, 21, 22-Decr . I . 19, 21, 22. • The following signs are used in onr Almannck to denote the different po, it ions and phases of the Mool). j) dC'llotc8 the Moon in tho tirst quad, 9.~U\'e-that i,. the quudmtllre 1",t\\'c'C'1l eh:mge und full. ({ deuotcs the Moon in the last quadrature-that is the qundrature between full and change. • denotes Xcw :'.Ioon. 0 denotes Full Moon. When viewed through a telescope, thc sildace of the Moon appears wonderfully diversified. ll:lrge dark ~llursJ :3upp,.(Jsed to he ('xcavntilJl1s or valley', are visible to the eye; ROllle parts also appeal' more lueid than the generul surface. These arc ascertained to be mountains, by the shadows which they cast. 1I1aps. of the Moon's surface hal'e been drawn, on whieh most of these nlllevs amI mountains arc delineated, and names are given to them. SOllie' of the.c cxe.wntions arc thought to be four miles deep and forty wide. A high ridg'c generally surrounds thew, and often a mountain rises in the centre·. HALIFAX. Latitnde, North, 44 0 39' 20" Longitude, "Vest, 63 0 361 40" in time 4h. 14m. 26·78. NOTF..-It is to be observed toll at th rOllglwlJt the Ca.lendar ~13gel thA Oomputa tlons are in Mean Ti11U!. with 1 he exceptiou of the rising and s,:'tting of the ~Iln. Also that the Sun and Mooo's decliuattolli are given for the Meritlian ot Greenwich. CAUS.E OF TUB AURORA·BoREALIS.-'I. de III Rive, the celebrated French Astronomer. explains the production of the Allrora·Borealis in the following mHnller :_H When the Sllll, having pasoed into the Southern hemisphere, no longer heats "0 much uf OU.r hemisphere, the aqlleous vapor" which haye accumulated during the summer In this part of the atmosphere hegin to conclense, the kind of humi,\ cap enveloping the polar regions extends llIore and more, and facilitates the passage of the electricity accumulated in the llppcr portions of the ail'. But in these clevntc(l regions, and especially at this period of the year, the "queou.; vapors must fre· quently pass into the state of minute pm·tieles of i('e or "now floating in the air, similar to th0se which give rise to the halos; they form, as! it were, a kind of semi-transparent mist. These half-frozen fogs I condl}ct the electricity to the sUlface of the earth, near the pole, und II are at the same time illllmined by these current,; or electric discharges. In fact all observers agree in asserting that. the Aurora·Bareali. is! constantly preceded hy a mist, which rises fl'Om the pole. mIll' the '1 margins of whi~h, Ie.," (IIense thaI) the remainder, are colored the tirst; ILnd indeed it is very freqllent ncar the pole ill the winter months, and I especially in those where there is abtlndance of vapor in the air. .--.---~-- --------_.. _--- Ii G ,JA~UAn,Y, First J\Iollth.--- --- --[~~~~-I ! THE FAMILY FRIEND. I PERTODIC.A.LS AXD NEWSPAPERs.-};very family should ta.ke a newspaper; tliiA tllP lany of the house shoull! iJisist lIpon-kindly, to be sure; tor a pleasant 1'(\~ quest is as powerful flS" a s(Jfr.. answer" in "turning' aW;IY ,"\Tatll." Men, usually are willing to subserihe for a p:qH;f, though some are indifferen~ to this great source of fa·nfily instruction 3S well as pleasure; but they for,~et when the year comes round to nnc'W their 8ub:3criptioH8 in tile right way. The women of the family should be sure to remember the prilltE'r. o Full Moon, 8th day, llh. 9m., Mortling. <l T,nst Qnartcr, 1 "tit llay, 2h.